US EditionCollins to attend Munich Security Conference
The conference urges Europe to enhance defense cooperation and spending amid US-China rivalry, highlighting a 17% rise in European military budgets in 2024, per SIPRI data.
- Leading the UK delegation, Sir Keir Starmer will attend the Munich Security Conference on Saturday to meet European allies amid tensions from Donald Trump and rising threats from China and Russia.
- This past week, tensions rose as US rhetoric and remarks by US Vice‑President fueled friction with European allies, ahead of the Munich conference.
- Some 50 world leaders will attend, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the US delegation, highlighting US tone at the summit, with Starmer expected to meet Merz and Macron Saturday morning.
- Facing calls for his resignation, Sir Keir Starmer’s trip to Munich is politically sensitive amid domestic controversies, with Yvette Cooper defending his diplomacy.
- Munich Security Conference chairman Wolfgang Ischinger warned allies they can no longer rely on US power, citing recent US policy shifts reshaping global dynamics.
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International leaders are discussing the crumbling world order and security issues in Munich.
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After the shock caused by the US Vice-President's speech last year, the crisis in transatlantic relations is in the foreground in Munich. Vance is missing this year, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio will appear more diplomatically. And Friedrich Merz wants to plead not to write off transatlantic relations.
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